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InterviewDateTime

4/14/2010 11:30:00

InterviewLocation

Angola, LA

StorytellerA-FullName

Hicks, Ron

Relationship_OfStorytellerA

friend

InterviewerA-FullName

Biermann, Donald

Relationship_OfInterviewerA

friend

Facilitator

Love, Lillie

Facilitator Log

1:12 Donald grew up on a farm in Andrews, SC. Small family and small community. 2:31 Donald's life has always been centered around anger...'Only way I knew how to cope with anything was with extreme violence' 4:02 Donald is a career criminal who has had a total of 7 1/2 total years of freedom since he was nine years old 5:16 Donald underwent a spiritual conversion three years into his latest sentence 13:00 Donald: You can't help a person come to a comfort zone of realizing and accepting I'm probably going to die in prison 21:52 Ron grew up in a home with both his parents and four siblings. At 15 he went to a tent revival and God touched him 24:33 On his 16th birthday Ron hung out with some old friends, smoked marijuana and set out on a path that ended in prison @ age 19 27:42 Ron turned himself him and found out the person he had injured had died. He was subsequently charged with 2nd degree murder 33:34 Ron: 'I believe God is one day going to bring me out of my situation but I don't serve him for that reason'

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